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An average of nearly 500 calls a day rang into Cincinnati’s Center for Addiction Treatment (CAT) in September. The website caught 1,100 visits a day. The problem is that immediate treatment is hard to get, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. “We are not close to treatment-on-demand...

Recently, Justice Gorsuch has continued his attack on Chevron deference by writing a statement accompanying the denial of certiorari, joined by Roberts and Alito, that raised serious questions about the decisions of some lower courts to extend Chevron deference to contracts entered into with administrative...

Vermont has a relatively new addiction treatment program, which is unique in its comprehensiveness, reports Vox. The is to focus on the science and research, with a desire to get even patients who can prove to be very difficult in treatment to save their lives....

Here’s a question to our readers who are reporters or editors. Let’s say that someone e-mails you with something like the following message:
I was convicted [X] years ago of a crime [e.g., theft, DUI, or even teacher-student sex with a 17-year-old student]. I have served...

How can the research on gang-leaving improve gang intervention and help practitioners?
With over 30,000 gangs in the U.S. and over 800,000 members, gangs represent a serious concern for schools, families, cities, and the nation. Gang membership clearly enhances criminal involvement, increasing both the frequency and...

I wanted to add my voice to that of my colleague, John McGinnis, who has posted on Law and Liberty about legal education, and, in particular, the one-size-fits-all approach to training lawyers on the part of the Association of American Law Schools. As John noted:
Lawyers...

Every complex system is made up of smaller components. These components each contribute a specific function to the greater whole. Without any of those components, the entire system won’t function as well as expected. Imagine trying to drive a car without your gas pedal, for...

Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, turned himself in Monday to the FBI, CNN reports. Manafort was indicted under seal on Friday, along with Rick Gates, who also worked on Trump’s campaign. Gates is a longtime business associate of Manafort. The indictment is expected...

The UCLA Republicans have been trying to arrange a UCLA speech by noted conservative commentator Ben Shapiro (who, as it happens, is a UCLA graduate); the speech was expected to draw about 600 attendees. UCLA, though, told the Bruin Republicans that this speech would be...

An uncharitable reading of Tom Cutterham’s new book would suggest the alternative title: “An Economic Interpretation of the Buildup to the Constitutional Convention.” But Cutterham, a lecturer in U.S. history at the University of Birmingham in Britain, is up to something more interesting, and perhaps...